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Constitutional amendments on the North Carolina ballot have sparked debate this election. But aside from the potential impacts of the proposals, the discussion had WFDD’s Amy Diaz wondering how often North Carolina amends its constitution — and why? Wake Forest University Politics Professor John Dinan weighs in for Carolina Curious.

New state legislation allows residents to challenge books in their local school district even if they don’t have a student enrolled. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County officials are updating district policies to comply.

Legislators have allocated $3.2 million to the Alamance-Burlington School System for an AI School Safety Pilot Program. It will likely be a couple of months before the district decides whether or not to move forward with it.

Under House Bill 1110, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction would be tasked with implementing attendance intervention strategies in one district.

From educator protests to debates in the legislature, North Carolina's plan to phase out the corporate income tax rate by 2030 is a hot topic. For this edition of Carolina Curious, Nathan Goldman, an accounting professor at NCSU, explains the rationale behind the cuts and what drives businesses to certain states.

A surprise proposal to shorten the terms of Forsyth County commissioners and school board members caught local leaders off guard this week. Now, lawmakers have delayed a vote on the measure.

Districts are limited to five remote learning days by state law, but most exhausted them over the last couple of weeks before plows could clear students’ snow-covered roads.

For this edition of Carolina Curious, WFDD’s Amy Diaz spoke with one of the legislators who helped change the state’s teacher leave policy.

Twenty state legislators will likely win another term after no one filed to run against them in next year's election. All but one of the lawmakers running unopposed for re-election are Democrats who represent left-leaning districts.

Customs and Border Patrol agents arrived in Charlotte over the weekend. Democrats in the N.C. General Assembly blasted their actions during a Monday press conference.